Tue. 11/20 - Worse Shape: Tech Stocks or Crypto?




Techmeme Ride Home show

Summary: <p><strong><em>Storm clouds everywhere! Tech stocks in bear market territory, crypto in full-on meltdown territory… but video games might help solve science’s gender problem and this one spacebar trick might make your iPhone insanely more useful. Oh, and the weekend Longreads suggestions.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://metalab.co/" target="_blank"><strong>MetaLab.co</strong></a></li> <li><a href="http://thecyberwire.libsyn.com/rss" target="_blank"><strong>Cyberwire Podcast</strong></a></li> </ul><p><br></p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://fortune.com/2018/11/19/faang-stocks-entered-bear-market/" target="_blank">It's Official: Once Mighty FAANG Stocks Have All Entered a Bear Market</a> (Fortune)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/18/silicon-valley-wages-have-dropped-for-all-except-highest-paying-jobs-report/" target="_blank">Silicon Valley wages have dropped for all except highest-paying jobs: report</a> (The Mercury News)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/19/bitcoin-skids-to-a-13-month-low-nearing-5000.html" target="_blank">Bitcoin drops 12% to below $5,000</a> (CNBC)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/20/18104366/tumblr-ios-app-child-pornography-removed-from-app-store" target="_blank">Tumblr was removed from Apple’s App Store over child pornography issues</a> (The Verge)</li> <li> <a href="https://theconversation.com/video-games-could-be-a-short-term-answer-to-sciences-gender-problem-105328" target="_blank">Video games could be a short-term answer to science’s gender problem</a> (The Conversation)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90270338/the-space-bar-trick-is-the-most-amazing-feature-in-ios-12-and-the-internet-just-realized-it" target="_blank">“The space bar trick” is the most amazing feature in iOS 12, and the internet just realized it</a> (Fast Company)</li> </ul><p><br></p><p>The <a href="https://www.betterment.com/ride" target="_blank">Betterment</a> Weekend Longreads:</p><ul> <li> <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/11/how-the-wall-street-journal-is-preparing-its-journalists-to-detect-deepfakes/" target="_blank">How The Wall Street Journal is preparing its journalists to detect deepfakes</a> (NiemanLab)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2018/1114/Self-driving-trucks-in-US-offer-window-into-where-machines-may-replace-humans" target="_blank">Self-driving trucks in US offer window into where machines may replace humans</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/los-angeles-elon-musk-tunnels-under-neighborhood/575725/" target="_blank">When Elon Musk Tunnels Under Your Home</a> (The Atlantic)</li> <li> <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-case-against-quantum-computing" target="_blank">The Case Against Quantum Computing</a> (IEEE Spectrum)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-curse-of-bigness/" target="_blank">HOW GOOGLE AND AMAZON GOT AWAY WITH NOT BEING REGULATED</a> (Wired)</li> <li> <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439dk9/how-to-use-ipod-touch-secure-device-instead-of-phone" target="_blank">How to Use an iPod Touch as a Secure Device Instead of a Phone</a> (Motherboard)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/16/18098234/kilogram-new-definition-vote-passed-kg-measurement-bipm" target="_blank">Scientists say goodbye to physical definition of the kilogram</a> (The Verge)</li> </ul> <a href="https://anchor.fm/s/34f8474/podcast/sponsor/acugia/url/https%3A%2F%2Fflipboard.com%2F">https://flipboard.com/</a>